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3G Americas and the UMTS Forum
At the Forum's June 6, 2002 General Assembly meeting in Philadelphia, 3G Americas and the UMTS Forum signed a Letter of Understanding to promote the path for successful evolution to 3G for mobile operators. The partnership between the UMTS Forum and 3G Americas marks the dedication of both parties to ensure the realization of UMTS as an evolutionary road for TDMA and GSM operators. Each will appropriately support the other globally through educational and promotional activities to increase visibility of the 3G market and services, strengthen the estimated 3G market opportunity, and improve industry confidence in the next generation of mobile services.
3G Americas shares the aim of the UMTS Forum by providing a combined voice to educate the market over a wide geographic area. Together, 3G Americas - with its focus on North, Central and South America - and the UMTS Forum, will work towards global interoperability for the successful deployment of 3G services on the strategies that are mutually beneficial and will also work independently of each other.
About UMTS Forum
The UMTS Forum is an international, independent body that promotes the global uptake of 3G mobile systems and services. Since its establishment in 1996, the UMTS Forum has supported the successful introduction of low-cost, high-quality personal communications and information services. With its membership drawn from around 40 countries, the Forum works to identify common interests and to promote:
- Realization of the full vision of third generation mobile services
- Timely availability of radio spectrum to support UMTS/IMT-2000
- Harmonization of globally-accepted standards
- A sound regulatory framework for the introduction of UMTS/IMT-2000
- A clear understanding of future market opportunities
- Convergence and mutual understanding between the interests of telecommunications, Information Technology, media and content industries.
The UMTS Forum is a non-profit making, open association of industry players drawn from telecommunications operators, suppliers, regulatory bodies, plus the Information Technology and media sectors. The Forum is also a Market Representation Partner within the Third Generation Partnership Project (www.3gpp.org). Dr. Bernd Eylert is the current Chairman of the UMTS Forum.
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